Tag Archives: fair

street-smart

Toronto. Street photographers were often in the cities flogging portraits taken of passers-by. The difficulty was the gap between taking the shot and having the finished print for the subjects before they changed their minds. Enter “The Thompson Combination Camera, … Continue reading

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movie time

Toronto. Before TV became common place, the only means to view any news ‘videos’ was the “MovieTone News” – a short shown before the main feature in movie theatres. Such palaces seem a bit quaint today with huge high resolution … Continue reading

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just right

Toronto. Remember the fairy tale, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”? Well, like the little heroine, photographers found the medium format cameras “Just Right” In issue 30-3 of our journal, the late Bill Belier did a short survey of the earlier … Continue reading

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and a sida camera with that, please

Toronto.  In the late 1930s, the ‘minicam’ revolution was well under way. The craze centred on cameras using 35mm ‘movie film’ or similar  sized paper backed roll film. An enlarger was a ‘must’ for even pocket sized prints. A small … Continue reading

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modern day macro photography

Toronto. In the days of film and film cameras, lenses rarely focussed on subjects closer than a metre. Newer lenses would focus down to a half metre or some times a few inches closer. Macro shots were initially taken with … Continue reading

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on stereo viewing

Toronto. Our brain is a marvellous organ. Each eye sees a scene/person at a slightly different angle. The brain merges these two images to create what we see as a stereo or 3D ‘picture’ of the scene or person we … Continue reading

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flying cameras

Toronto. This photo of a Montreal landmark, St Joseph’s Oratory on Queen Mary Road, was taken by an Exakta and 135mm Steinheil lens on Kodachrome from a CJAD news helicopter. Aerial photos have been taken since the late 1850s when … Continue reading

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lots of stuff …

Toronto.  As we start another new year, PHSC has began to get some dates firmed up. Our next Toronto Meeting will be a Show and Tell on ZOOM next month (February, 2024); The next auction takes place May 5th at … Continue reading

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a friendly camerama reminder – this SUNDAY!

Toronto. WOW! Camerama is this Sunday!  We are excited. Gary is excited. Come on down and see what the excitement is all about! Note: only the street name has changed: Garamond Ct. is now Sakura Way.

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a golden moment

Toronto. CAPA, one of our exchange members in their current newsletter (October 2023) shows the winners of their recent photo contest. Colleen Walden of the Langley Camera Club out in BC won the GOLD with the shot at right. She … Continue reading

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